While it's far from the worst thing to drive developers away, I do agree a standup/scrum meeting every day is stupid, counterproductive, and just plain useless.
For the managers, they should be able to look at your ticketing/project system and know instantly what everyone is working on. Keeping tickets up to date is part of the job and really, it's not that hard.
For the programmers, they are now tasked with figuring out what to say in the standup and how to make sure that they are not perceived as not working when they really are. Programmers who need to know what other people are working on in the team can also look at the ticketing/project system and when they need more information (as in cases where their work depends on someone else), they will ask directly.
I've been to standup meetings in close to a dozen different companies, ranging from the smallest startup to some of the biggest tech companies and never have I ever seen a standup meeting end on time. NEVER. I don't think it actually happens. What I have seen is the meeting go on for half an hour to an hour, boring everyone out of their minds. Sometimes this even involved multiple teams whose work barely intersected at all. The other team's work status was a pure waste of time for anyone not on that team.
Yes, it is absolutely an interrogation. A daily standup shows that the manager doesn't trust his employees. He doesn't trust them to keep the ticketing/project system updated. He doesn't trust them to do work without the threat of being shamed and/or seen as lazy if the work done doesn't sound impressive in a standup. He doesn't trust them to seek help on their own. Basically, a daily standup is the sign of an incompetent manager.
Scrum is for rugby.